Cushion for billiard tables



Feb.26, 1946. y T. smo 2,395,645

CUSHION FOR BILLIARD TABLES Filed Aug. 1, 1944 Inventor Iiizea 6222 29 4/ Attorneys Patented Feb. 26, 1946 UNITED STATES PAT? OFFICE CUSHION FOR BILLIARD TABLES Takeo Sato, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Application August 1, 1944, Serial No. 547,541

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in cushions for billiard, or pool, tables, and the like, the primary object in view being to provide for building such cushions of scrap rubber products such as tire tubes, or other similar articles, from which pieces in sheet rubber form of good quality may be obtained, whereby such cushions may be produced at a much lower cost than those of commerce, and constructed to function with greater efficiency than those built, as is the common practice, from reclaimed and other low grade rubber compositions.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in perspective, with parts shown in section, of a billiard, or pool, table cushion constructed in accordance with my invention in the preferred embodiment thereof,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view in transverse section illustrating how my improved cushion is applied,

Figure 3 is a view in pieces, or sections.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, my improved cushion comprises the usual body member I of triangular cross section having a rear face 2 designed, as shown in Figure 2, to be opposed to the vertical inner face 3 of the usual inner cushion backing rail 4 of 'a pool table I. The body member I is formed of like triangular pieces, or sections, of rubber 5 arranged in planes transverse to the axis of said body member and glued together side by side, or similarly secured together. As will be understood, the edges of the pieces 5 form acute angled sides on the body member I. The edges of the pieces 5 forming the rear face 2 of the body member I are each provided with a central, preferably arcuate, notch 6 therein. A bar 1 of substantially semi-circular form in cross section, and which is preferably formed of wood, is fitted in the notches 6 with the fiat face 8 of the bar flush with the rear face 2 of the body member I and glued in place in said notches. Adjacent one apex portion thereof, each piece 5 is provided with a small aperture perspective of one of the 9 therein for the insertion of a string or cord therethrough, so that the pieces 5 may be strung on a cord to facilitate assembling the same preparatory to gluing the pieces together.

The pieces, or sections, 5, according to my invention, may be cut, or otherwise formed, out of old, or otherwise useless, inner tubes for tires, or similar sheet rubber products.

To avoid confusion in the showing of the drawing, the glue, or other securing means between the pieces, or sections, 5 and between the notches 6 and the bar 7, has not been illustrated.

The described body member I is secured, in the .usual manner, to the inner cushion backing rail 4 with the rear face 2 of said member opposed to the vertical face 3 of said rail, and the body member l is designed to be covered, in the usual manner, by the cloth covering I0 to present a sharp protected edge H to a ball [2.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible to modification Without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A cushion for a billiard table comprising an elongated body member of triangular cross section, including triangular sections of sheet rubber secured together side by side in planes transverse to the axis of said member with edges aligned to form the sides of the member.

2. A cushion for a billiard table comprising an elongated body member of triangular cross section, including triangular sections of sheet rubber secured together side by side in planes transverse to the axis of said member with edges aligned to form the sides of the member, and a substantially rigid reinforcing bar extending along one side of said member and countersunk in said side flush with the same.

3. As an article of manufacture, a section for use in forming a billiard table cushion of a plurality of the sections assembled together on a reinforcing bar, said section comprising a triangular piece of sheet rubber having a notchin one edge thereof for spanning said bar.

TAKEO SATO. 

